Research to Practice Briefs

Title: Supporting Parents & Children During Incarceration. Picture of girl drawing on window. Pdf text below.

Parenting Inside Out

​This brief examines the implementation and evaluation of Parenting Inside Out (PIO-90), an evidence-based program introduced in four Wisconsin prisons through a partnership between the Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board (CANPB), UW-Madison researchers, and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (WI DOC). The program uses cognitive-behavioral strategies to strengthen parenting skills, enhance parent-child relationships, and promote positive communication and discipline.​

PARENTING INSIDE OUT
Title: Building Reading & Relationships with Justice Involved Families. Picture of open book. Pdf text below.

Making Reading Memories

This brief highlights key findings from the evaluation of Making Reading Memories (MRM), a literacy-based program designed to strengthen parent-child relationships among justice-involved families. Led by the Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board in partnership with UW–Madison and local Sheriff’s Offices, the study reflects a collaborative effort to support healthy family connections and early literacy development through community-engaged research.​ 

making rea​ding memories
Title: Primary Prevention Frameworks & Strategies. Picture of young girl playing chess with parents around her. Pdf text below

Primary Prevention Frameworks and Strategies

​This brief represents the strategies and frameworks the Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board uses to guide its work, support programming and system changes.Programs help children and families individually. However, the entire community benefits when systems take a family strengthening approach and address the root causes of family adversities, rather than just the symptoms.​​

PRIMARY PREVENTION FRAMEWORKS AND STRATEGIES
Title: Protective Factors, illustration of 4 adults and 4 children with various colors inside blue circle

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Title: Comparison of Child Maltreatment. Picture of happy young boy playing with blocks. Pdf text below.​                           Picture of female teenager talking to woman​

The purpose of this policy brief is to review a                                Positive Childhood Experiences:

recent publication in the Journal of Public Health                         are experiences in childhood that build ​​

Management and Practice (JPHMP) titled,                                   a child's sense of belongingness and connection.

Child Maltreatment: A Comparison of Wisconsin                          Although the research on PCEs is still in early

Children Identified in the Health Care and Child                           in early stages, the findings are very promising

Protective Services (CPS) Records, 2018-2019.                          and warrant intentional efforts designed to

This article compares children served by one or                           disseminate understanding of the role of

both of these agencies. Understanding differences                      PCEs as well as specific efforts to support the

can help inform opportunities for prevention and                          actual development of PCEs among children

intervention.​                                                                                   and youth.​

Blue background, white text "Comparison of Child Maltreatment Data Brief"​                      PCE​